Controversial Lamont Nominee Approved In Nomination Hearing
Legislators scrutinized the governor’s pick for commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development and senior economic advisor this week, highlighting his time as at the firm Goldman Sachs and the company’s role during the 2008 financial crisis. In the end, the committee voted unanimously to support Lehman’s nomination, which now goes to the full Senate.
OCME: Connecticut sees year-over-year decrease in OD deaths
Fewer people died by overdose in 2018 than in the year before, the first time the state saw such a year-over-year decrease since the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner began releasing numbers in 2012. But the rates for fatal overdoses and ER visits still are higher in Connecticut than in most other states. Town-by-town data show at least 17 fatal overdoses happened in New London, 16 in Groton and 14 in Norwich.
Opposition to Legislature’s School Regionalization Plan Grows
Hundreds of parents and students crowded the state Capitol Friday to speak out against three bills that would require smaller towns to consolidate school functions, saying that would cause property values to plummet and negatively impact the quality of education towns can provide. The bills in question would tackle school regionalization as a way for the state to reduce education costs in the face of multibillion dollar budget deficits.
